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Meet the faculty of Liberty Classroom

Thomas E. Woods, Jr.,is the New York Times bestselling author of 12 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Meltdown (on the financial crisis, featuring a foreword by Ron Paul), 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask, and Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion.
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Woods’ writing has appeared in dozens of popular and scholarly periodicals, including the American Historical Review, Investor’s Business Daily, Modern Age, American Studies, New Oxford Review, and Independent Review. He is the winner of numerous awards and prizes, including first prize in the Templeton Enterprise Awards, the O.P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship, an Olive W. Garvey Fellowship from the Independent Institute, and a Claude R. Lambe Fellowship from George Mason University.

A senior fellow of the Mises Institute, Woods has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, C-SPAN, and Bloomberg Television, among other outlets. He has been a guest on hundreds of radio programs including National Public Radio, the Dennis Miller Show, the Michael Reagan Show, and the Michael Medved Show.

Woods holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and his master's and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.

Kevin R.C. Gutzman is the New York Times bestselling author of James Madison and the Making of America, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, Who Killed the Constitution? (with Thomas Woods), and Virginia's American Revolution. He is chairman of the department of history at Western Connecticut State University.

Brion McClanahan is the author of The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers.

Jason Jewell is chairman of the department of humanities at Faulkner University.

Jeffrey M. Herbener is chairman of the department of economics at Grove City College, associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, and editor of The Meaning of Ludwig von Mises.

Gerard Caseyis Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin. His books include Natural Reason, Murray Rothbard, and Libertarian Anarchy.

G.P. Manish is a professor of economics in the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University and a member of the University's Manuel H. Johnson Center of Political Economy. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Suffolk University.

Hunt Tooleyis Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He specializes in Modern European History and is the author of Western Front: Battleground and Home Front in the First World War and National Identity and Weimar Germany.

Jonathan Beanis a professor of history at Southern Illinois University and a research fellow of the Independent Institute. He is the author of Beyond the Broker State: Federal Policies Toward Small Business, 1936-1961 and Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration, and editor of Race and History in America: The Essential Reader.

Bradley Birzeris a professor of history and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College. His books include Russell Kirk: American Conservative, American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll, and J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle Earth.

Dear Libertarian Friend:

Decades ago, when I was young and in college, and just starting my journey into the world of libertarian thought in earnest, I ate most of my meals in the campus cafeteria.

Every night after dinner, I’d walk out the front door smack into a crowd of radical students distributing a communist newspaper. I'm not kidding: hammer and sickle and everything.

When they tried to talk me into taking a copy, I refused and explained I was a free-marketeer, which invariably started a heated argument.

I have to confess that I didn’t always cover myself with glory when defending free market thinking.

You see, I was pretty sure the free market was the best way for society to be arranged. But I didn’t always have the facts, figures, and logical arguments to back it up.

Today, that’s all different.

For instance, at a cocktail party, a leftist and I got into a verbal dust-up when he insisted that socialism was the moral approach to government because it helps the poor, while capitalism helps only the rich.

Instead of trying to frame my argument on the fly, I defended the free market with well-thought-out rationales I have acquired through decades of studying and writing about libertarian thought and capitalism.

“In a market economy, producers earn and keep profits, which they use to buy equipment and hire workers, enabling them to produce in much greater quantities at lower cost,” I explained to my leftist opponent.

“People’s real incomes rise, and they become better off, because the economy becomes physically capable of producing in greater and greater abundance at ever lower costs, and the benefit of this greater abundance is lower prices, increasing consumer buying power.”

By the way, this is precisely what happened during the 19th and 20th centuries: People at the end of the last century had to work far less than those at the beginning of the 1900s to earn the necessary purchasing power to buy a wide range of important consumer goods. And this is why the poorest suffer the fewest deprivations in the world’s most market-friendly societies.

With his leftist worldview dismantled in about 120 seconds, my verbal sparring partner left without a comeback and walked off in a huff. That always gives me tremendous satisfaction.

I’m Tom Woods. I am the best-selling author of 12 books on libertarianism and free-market economics, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. See my bio at left for more details.

I have spent literally tens of thousands of dollars and more than a decade acquiring degrees in history, including a bachelor's from Harvard and Ph.D. from Columbia, and have dedicated my life to defending free-market thought and teaching it to others.

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Listening to the audios and watching the videos will load you up with the facts, figures, and other ammunition you need to feel supremely confident … and come out on top … when arguing politics or economics with yet another devoted leftist or socialist – and even with neoconservatives, who make their own share of mistakes.

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Repeal of the minimum wage. These days it's fashionable to call for a $15 minimum wage, which would amount to more than a 100 percent raise for some people. Economic studies show that increases in the minimum wage don't hurt employment, left-liberals will say. But even if those “studies” weren't shot through with howlers, not one of them says a 100% increase won't hurt employment! You'll learn the real effects of the minimum wage, and you won't have to fear coming out second best in a debate.

The American Revolution: the real issue. Why Americans fought the American Revolution in defense of a principle our present federal government despises.

The presidents. Why the best presidents were the ones your teachers hated, and the worst were the ones they loved.

The problems with “liberal” interpretations of the Constitution. Virtually all schoolchildren learn that the federal government can do pretty much anything that advances the general welfare, and that an “elastic clause” grants it a wide array of unspecified powers. This argument is indefensible, and we'll arm you with ammunition against it.

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Each month, for less than the price of a movie ticket, Liberty Classroom gives you access to stimulating, though-provoking lectures and discussions on the key ideas of libertarianism, capitalism, and free-market economics.

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The American Revolution: A Constitutional Conflict

Austrian Economics Step by Step

The History of Conservatism and Libertarianism

Freedom’s Progress: The History of Political Thought

Introduction to Logic

John Maynard Keynes: His System and Its Fallacies.

U.S. Constitutional History

U.S. History to 1877

U.S. History since 1877

Western Civilization to 1500

Western Civilization since 1500

Trails West: How Freedom Settled the West

The History of Economic Thought

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Many Americans, and I suspect you are among them, are deeply unhappy about the direction of our country and the world. The federal government continues to grow more powerful, entrenched bureaucratic fiefdoms seem all but impossible to dislodge, and ever more economic manipulation by the Federal Reserve and the regime in Washington seem bound to give us another round of economic turmoil. Meanwhile, your friends, co-workers, and relatives see nothing wrong — or actually cheer it on.

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And your instructors are some of the top libertarian authors and college professors in the country – including economist Robert P. Murphy, James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman, and Hillside College historian Brad Birzer. Again, more details on our faculty are in the column at left.

I hand-picked our faculty for their unique perspectives on libertarian thought; their ability to translate sometimes-difficult ideas into clear, simple language; and their enthusiasm for sharing their free market knowledge with others.

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“Tom Woods is one of my dearest allies in the struggle against wrong-headed and dangerous economic policy.” —Peter Schiff

“You’ve written some great stuff over the years, and you’ve contributed to the education of a lot of people, including myself.” —David Stockman, former director of Ronald Reagan’s Office of Management and Budget

“Well written, well researched, and the thesis put forth is well argued…. Woods has opened up an area of historical analysis that should invite further study.” —Journal of American History

“Woods appeals to both left and right in this constitutionalist jeremiad…. The author’s exegeses of the Constitution and court decisions, heavy on original intent arguments, are lucid and telling.” —Publishers Weekly

“During these times that challenge our freedoms there is no one more qualified to make U.S. history relevant to the fight against big government than Thomas Woods.” —Barry Goldwater Jr., former Member of Congress

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all additional courses ever created as long as the site exists

recommended readings and resources to accompany the courses

our Q&A forums, where you can get your questions answered by our expert faculty

our monthly live sessions, in which our faculty take questions and discuss issues on your screen in real time

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